What did Korean's bring over?
What Korean musical genre became popular worldwide and in the United States?
K-pop.
What was one difficulty Korean immigrants faced when learning to live in America?
Learning English.
Why did many Koreans immigrate to the United States?
To escape war and poverty and seek better economic opportunities.
This food is the most farmed thing in Asia.
Rice
What popular Korean food, made from fermented vegetables, did immigrants bring to America?
Kimchi.
What was one major hardship Korean immigrants faced when arriving in America?
Language barriers and discrimination.
What was another reason Korean families moved to the United States?
To give their children better educational opportunities.
What famous made from pickled vegetables originates from Korea?
kimchi
What Korean martial art did immigrants help introduce to American communities?
Taekwondo.
What discrimination did some Korean immigrants experience in the United States?
Racism and unfair treatment because of their ethnicity.
What major event in 1950 caused many Koreans to seek safety and stability elsewhere?
The Korean War.
This octopus-based dish was created in the three-kingdom Era or about 638 BCE in Korea.
Sannakji
What Korean holiday celebrates the Lunar New Year with family gatherings and traditional foods?
Seollal (Korean New Year).
What was one major challenge Korean immigrants faced when first arriving in the United States?
Language barriers and difficulty finding jobs.
What U.S. immigration law passed in 1965 made it easier for Koreans and other Asians to immigrate to America?
The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965.
This pork-based dish was traditionally wrapped in lettuce and served with kimchi.
bossam
What Korean tradition involves bowing to elders to show respect?
Sebae.
What was one hardship Korean immigrants faced when trying to find housing in America?
No one would sell houses to them because they were Korean and affordable housing options.
What type of work did many early Korean immigrants do when they first arrived in Hawaii?
They worked on sugar plantations.
This blood sausage based dish shares with a classic American desert
Sundae